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' J. KIRBY, Jr.

. V RAILWAY GAR LAMP.

No. 314,251. Patented Mar. 24., 1885.

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J. KIRBY, Jr.

RAILWAY OAR LAMP.

No. 314,251. Patented Mar. 24, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KIRBY, JR, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DAYTON MANU- FAOTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

RAI LWAY-CAR LAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,251, dated March 24,1885. Application filed February 1), 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KIRBY, Jr., of Dayton, Montgomery county, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in RailWay-Oar Lamps, of Which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exact specification, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, forming part ofthis statement ofinvention, in Which- Figure l is an elevation of a railway-lamp furnished with my improved shade-support. Fig. 2 is an elevation of my shade-support. Fig. 3 is an end View of a shade-support for one shade. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the 1 shade, dome, and dome-supports on the line 4 4, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference in the several drawings indicate the same parts.

My invention relates to lamps for railwaycars, and more especially to the supports for the shades of such lamps; and it consists of hangers or supports disconnected from the frame of the lamp and immediately attached to and supported from the ceiling of the car. It is usual in car-lamps to attach the shade to the frame or hanging brackets of the lamp, or to support it upon the chimney or on the burner-tnbe, so that in taking down the lamp for filling or other purpose the shade is also 0 removed. This is unnecessary and leads to breakage of the shade and additional labor and. inconvenience. I avoid these objections by attaching the shade in the proper relation to the burner immediately to the roof and dis- 3 5 connected from the frame or other part of the lam Mgr shade hanger or support is made and attached as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this 0 statement of invention: A shade, A, is held in any of the usual ways in its dome B (which may be of any ornamental shape) directly from the ceiling by the hangers consisting of pendent bars 0 O, which are screwed to the ceiling of a car independent of the lampframe. The dome B is held to the bars 0 O by the rings 1) and b, fitting around the former and secured by screws to the latter.

To avoid lateral motion of the shade a stayrod, d, leads from the ring I; to a central ring, D, which encircles and may be secured to a central hanging stay-pipe, E, which is securely attached to the ceiling.

In the drawings, the stay-pipe E is shown prolonged and reaching to the coupling-ring 5 of the lamp; but it may stop at any point below the ring 1).

I do not claim, broadly, a shade supported from the ceiling independently of the lamp, nor shadesupports connected to a central stay- 69 pipe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The independent shade-hanger consist- 6 ing of pendent bars G O, adapted to be secured to the ceiling of a car, and rings b b,to receive the dome of the shade at the lower ends of the bars, as setforth.

2. The shade-hanger consisting of pendent 70 bars 0 O and rings 1) b, the rings adapted to receive the dome of the shade, and the bars being secured to the ceiling of a car independent of the lamp-supports, as set forth.

3. In a car-lamp, the shade-hanger consisting of pendent bars O O and rings 1) b, in combination with a stay-pipe, E, ring D on the stay-pipe, and stay-rod extending from the stay-pipe ring to a ring on the pendent bars, the stay-pipe and shadehangcr being secured to the ceiling of the car independent of the lampsupport, as set forth.

4. In a car-lamp, the combination of shade hangers for two or more burneisadapted to be secured directly to the ceiling,and a rigid con- 8 nection by which the shade-hangers are connected together centrally, the hangers and connection being independent of the lamp-support, as set forth.

5. In a car-1amp, a shade-hanger adapted to be secured directly to the ceiling and having a rigid lateral stay, the hanger and stay being independent of the lamp-frame, as set forth.

The foregoing specification of my invention 93 signed by me this 2d day of February, A. D. 1884.

JOHN KIRBY, JR.

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